Fordham

Fordham is a group of neighborhoods in the western areas of The Bronx, New York City. Fordham was first settled in 1666, and it was named for a local Protestant reverend. In 1841, St. John's College was established, and it became known as "Fordham University" in 1907. Fordham once had an Italian and Albanian majority, but Hispanics and African-Americans became the dominant ethnic groups in Fordham as the middle-class Irish and Jewish residents moved to the Los Angeles suburbs or retired to Florida. In 2011, Fordham had a population of 43,394 people.